Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

अगस्त्य उवाच । चमत्कारपुरे क्षेत्रे मया पीठान्यशेषतः । आनीतानि प्रभावेन मंत्राणां सुरसत्तमाः

Transliteration

agastya uvāca | camatkārapure kṣetre mayā pīṭhānyaśeṣataḥ | ānītāni prabhāvena maṃtrāṇāṃ surasattamāḥ

Translation

অগস্ত্য বললেন—হে সুরসত্তম! মন্ত্রশক্তির প্রভাবে আমি চমৎকারপুরের পবিত্র ক্ষেত্রে অবশিষ্ট না রেখে সকল পীঠ এনে স্থাপন করেছি।

Word by Word

• agastyaḥ: Agastya
• agastyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• camatkāra-pure: in the city of Camatkāra
• camatkāra-pure: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: camatkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चमत्कारस्य पुरे)

• kṣetre: in the sacred field/region
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• pīṭhāni: seats/shrines (pīṭhas)
• pīṭhāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• aśeṣataḥ: completely, without remainder
• aśeṣataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial -tas), क्रियाविशेषण

• ānītāni: brought
• ānītāni: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + √nī (धातु) (आनीत-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मणि/कर्मभाव (brought)

• prabhāvena: by (their) power
• prabhāvena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• mantrāṇām: of the mantras
• mantrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• sura-sattamāḥ: O best of gods
• sura-sattamāḥ: Sambodhana/Addressed audience (implicit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (श्रेष्ठाः सुराः)

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agastya stands within a consecrated field, performing mantra; around him appear symbolic emblems of many pīṭhas—yoni/śakti stones, tridents, skull-cups, lotuses—converging as luminous presences into the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Camatkārapura
• pīṭha
• mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-śakti, when aligned with dharma, can establish and reveal sacred presence, turning a place into a living tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura-kṣetra, presented as a locus where multiple pīṭhas become present.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the sanctifying power of mantras and the establishment of pīṭhas.